37: Chapter 37 The Duel

At this moment, the small courtyard was plunged into dead silence.

Everyone's gaze was fixed intently on the small cottage where Gu Wanquan resided.

"Creak!"

The wooden door was pushed open by a slender hand, and the immense Sword Intent caused everyone in the courtyard to instinctively take a step back.

Dressed in white, Gu Wanquan walked slowly out of the room, a sword hanging at his waist, his white robes fluttering.

His long, narrow phoenix eyes crinkled into thin lines; there was no pretense, only genuine, heartfelt happiness.

Even though he carried unknown secrets, at this moment, Gu Wanquan was truly excited because he had realized the Dao.

Who would have thought, just as he reached the doorway, a roof tile suddenly fell, shattering into pieces.

It was a tile that had been dislodged when the sword light burst through the roof earlier.

"I suppose I don't need to pay for this, right?" Gu Wanquan glanced at the broken tile and asked the group with an apologetic smile.

His smile remained gentle, warm like a big brother next door, as if the celestial phenomenon from moments ago hadn't been caused by him at all.

Looking at the complex expressions of the crowd, Gu Wanquan asked jokingly, feigning ignorance: "Eh? It seems everyone has already eaten. I guess I'm out of luck for dinner tonight!"

Gu Wanquan spoke jokingly, but the expressions of Yin Chaoge and the others were exceptionally grave.

Whether it was the sword light that had pierced the heavens earlier or the unfathomable Gu Wanquan standing before them now.

They could feel as if there was an invisible chasm separating them from Gu Wanquan, who stood before the room.

This chasm was like a barrier, forcibly separating them from Gu Wanquan.

Before this chasm, they were merely Mortals, while Gu Wanquan was an Immortal sitting high above in the heavens!

This was the gap created by strength; at this moment, Gu Wanquan weighed heavily on everyone's heart like a towering mountain!

Even the unruly and arrogant Yin Chaoge, who usually looked down on everyone, lowered his head, not daring to meet those long, narrow phoenix eyes.

With his sword at his waist, Gu Wanquan strolled leisurely to the group, scanned them one by one, and exclaimed in the tone of a Senior Brother:

"Everyone has been working very hard these past few days; the lowest among you has reached the 4th Level of Qi Refining!"

At this moment, these Prodigies in the courtyard didn't even have the courage to meet his gaze.

When Gu Wanquan's gaze fell upon Su Yi, seeing those peach-blossom eyes staring back at him, he couldn't help but laugh.

"As expected of Junior Brother Su, you've already reached the 8th Level of Qi Refining so quickly!" Gu Wanquan, who was currently at the 6th Level of Qi Refining, praised him.

Just as Su Yi wanted to reply, Gu Wanquan, standing before him, took a slight breath. His True Qi surged, and his aura suddenly rose!

"7th Level of Qi Refining!"

"8th Level of Qi Refining!"

In the span of a breath, he had broken through two levels.

Su Yi swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, sighing to himself that the Son of the Version was truly terrifying.

Gu Wanquan exhaled softly and said to Su Yi with a modest smile: "The Ninth Layer of Qi Refining is a bit more complex than I thought!"

In the midst of their conversation, the only gap between Su Yi and Gu Wanquan had been instantly smoothed over by Gu Wanquan!

A fake Prodigy.

Relying on mooching Opportunities everywhere and using the System to level up, breaking through five realms in a row.

Causing the other Prodigies to be convinced and feel inferior.

Whereas a true Prodigy.

Squatting in a room, relying on a scrap of paper to trigger a celestial phenomenon, with ten thousand swords singing in unison, the heavens and earth celebrating together.

Now, in front of Gu Wanquan, who had realized the Nine Swords of the Sword Immortal, Su Yi, who had been jumping around these past few days, looked like a joke!

"Damn it, being the Son of the Version is great, huh? Acting so cool!"

Su Yi cursed inwardly, but said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Gu on successfully realizing the Dao!"

"It was just a stroke of luck. Junior Brother Su reached the 8th Level of Qi Refining earlier than me; that is what makes me feel inferior!" Gu Wanquan waved his hand and replied with a smile.

The two men's hypocritical pleasantries brought the Prodigies present back to their senses.

Whether sincere or shocked and unwilling, they all offered their complex congratulations to Gu Wanquan for his success in realizing the Dao.

"May I ask, Senior Brother, what did you realize?" Su Yi asked curiously.

"Nothing much, I just learned how to draw a sword!" Gu Wanquan said modestly.

"Oh, oh, oh, just learned how to draw a sword!"

"Are you really acting like that right now?"

"You've already triggered a celestial phenomenon, yet you're still being modest here."

"Why don't I trade my System with you, and I'll be the White-Clad Sword Immortal?"

Su Yi rolled his eyes and started to be sarcastic in his heart, but the weight in his heart was no less than the Prodigies beside him.

Although he had known that Gu Wanquan would realize the Nine Swords of the Sword Immortal in these few days, he hadn't expected it to be so fast.

It had only been four days since he entered the Luoxia Immortal Sect, and the plot had already advanced to this point!

Looking at Gu Wanquan, who remained as usual, Su Yi was very curious about what level of strength the other had reached now!

There was still more than half a month until the Outer Sect Competition. If Gu Wanquan could break through again in this time, then what the hell was he supposed to do?

Thinking of his damn phased main quest: "Take first place in the Outer Sect Competition and become an Inner Sect Disciple as the chief."

Making him fight against a Gu Wanquan like this was basically declaring the mission a failure.

Then he would be stuck at Qi Refining for the rest of his life, waiting for Gu Wanquan to destroy the sect and kill him!

"Hey, do you think if I kneel down to Gu Wanquan now and beg him to let me take first place in the Outer Sect Competition, would he agree?"

It wasn't kneeling; his knees were just a bit weak and he wanted to rest, and he was just begging the other party by the way.

But thinking of Gu Wanquan's reputation as having never been defeated in his life, Su Yi knew that the Gu Wanquan before him would definitely not be magnanimous enough to pretend to lose to him just because he kowtowed.

Su Yi, whose thoughts had gone astray, suddenly remembered his Mythical Talent: "Born Alluring Talent"!

Could it be that the way to break the deadlock was for him to be alone in a room with Gu Wanquan, frantically increase the other's favorability, and then let the other party have his way with him?

This way, having leverage over himself, he could threaten Gu Wanquan not to participate in the Outer Sect Competition, otherwise he would ruin his reputation!

Thinking of this, Su Yi couldn't help but be disgusted by his own thoughts.

Theoretically, it might actually be feasible, but if it really came to that, Su Yi would rather wait a few years and just be killed by him.

He would rather die than sell his body!

But Su Yi didn't want to give up; even if there was no hope, he had to try!

At worst, he would die, and just pretend he never transmigrated!

This was also due to Su Yi's personality; when pushed to a dead end, he would turn into a mad dog, and even if he died, he would bite the other party crazily!

Otherwise, how could Su Yi have been valued by the Empress among thousands of players and become the Empress's number one lackey?

So now he could only use the remaining time; figuring out how to break the deadlock was the top priority.

Collect as many trump cards as possible, then pull off a "rabbit kicking the eagle" move and stun the whole audience!

Thinking of this, Su Yi, having made up his mind to test the other's bottom line, said something that made all the Prodigies present feel incredulous.

Su Yi looked at Gu Wanquan seriously and said:

"I am truly curious about what level Senior Brother has reached now. I wonder if I could ask Senior Brother for a few pointers?"